In the fall of 1996, I sat inside weekly strategy meetings of conservative activists as part of research for my book, 'Gang of Five,' chronicling the rise of the baby-boomer Right.

One of my most vivid memories from 1974 was the gas station at the foot of the hill below my Southern California high school - car lines snaking out into the street, heralding the failure of the government's price controls and lame ideas such as odd-even rationing.

To avoid becoming chronically unemployed, people need more than platitudes offering sympathy. Career reinvention requires encouragement and guidance.

I've been awed by the incredible opportunities that automatically float to the Harvard undergrads I once taught - from building homes for the poor in Nicaragua to landing prime White House internships.

The opponents of Mr. Modi can never change the mind of the people who have accepted and adored him as a statesman and national leader.

It is true that integrity alone won't make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

What's great about our leadership is they welcome other ideas.

I say this all the time: Everyone can make a conscious choice to be a leader.